Symphony Silicon Valley’s second program of the season features violinist Mayuko Kamio, debuting with the orchestra as she performs Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole.

It’s really a concerto, a yummy virtuoso showcase for the soloist, originally composed for Spanish fiddler Pablo de Sarasate. It’s also a promising way for Kamio — gold medal winner of the 2007 International Tchaikovsky Competition — to meet and impress local audiences.

The program concludes with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 6, a sunny-then-tragic work of grandeur.

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A transit village with apartments, retailers, restaurants and a hotel is rising in Milpitas next to The Great Mall, close to light rail and the under-construction BART station. It’s one of several Silicon Valley projects sprouting up near transit.